Item
Papers HO 18/225/24.
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/45
Date: [1848-1849]
Papers HO 18/225/24.
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Prisoner name: John Legge. Court and Date of Trial: April 1849. Crime: Game laws...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/42
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- HO 18/236/42
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Legge.
Court and Date of Trial: April 1849.
Crime: Game laws offence.
Initial sentence: Committed to Durham gaol.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: Petition from the prisoner, who states he is duly certificated to kill game, but had been seized by Lord Ravenscroft's keeper after shooting a pheasant and sentenced at Chester-le-Street petty sessions for night poaching. He sets out in detail the evidence heard at his appeal at Durham on the key issue of disputed timing, protesting his innocence.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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- 236/42
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HO 18
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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